Barbados Flora & Fauna
Monday 13 May 2019
Agave
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Various species of Agave can be found growing throughout Barbados, both wild on the north and east coasts of the island, as well as i...
Monday 22 April 2019
We've Got Chicks!
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Both eggs have now hatched from the Wood Dove (also called a Ground Dove) that is nesting on the windowsill of our bathroom window - ...
Monday 15 April 2019
Wild Geranium
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We in Barbados know this plant as “Wild Geranium”. I don’t know the scientific name for it, and it probably goes by a lot of other names to...
Monday 8 April 2019
It’s Nesting Time
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It’s that time of year when all the birds are nesting in this part of the world. Yet again, we have a dove sitting on two eggs on the bathr...
Monday 1 April 2019
Portalucca
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Portalucca is a wonderful ground cover plant that grows like a weed. The one pictured here has white flowers, but pink is also very c...
Monday 25 March 2019
Petrea
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When I was a child, everybody had at least one Petrea shrub in their garden, just like the magnificent specimen shown in the photos, an...
Monday 18 March 2019
Panda Ficus
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Panda ficus is not native to Barbados, but it has become very popular because of it’s hardy nature. As a member of the “ficus” group,...
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